Improvement in the manufacture of nail-kegs



s. r. MAXWELL.

Manufacture of Nail-Keys.

No. 159,945 pmmumwsu.

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SAMUEL F. MAXWELL, OF CLIFTON, WEST VIRGINIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF NAlL-KEGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 159,945, dated February 16, 18 75 application filed January 16, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL F. MAXWELL, of Clifton, in the county of Mason and State of West Virginia, have invented certain Iniprovements in the Manufacture of Nail-Kegs, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and the letters of reference marked thereon, making part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a side view of the hoop bender and tacker. Fig. 2 is a top-plan view of Fig. 1.

My invention consists in a peculiar construction of mechanism by means of which I am enabled easily to bend and tack the hoops that are permanently attached to a barrel or keg, as will be more fully hereinafter described.

K is a bench or table, to the side of which is journaled a wheel, K This wheel is made of cast-iron, and formed in two sections, K K

the section K being less than a semicircle, and

'is pivoted to the section K at k. The upper face k of the section K is notched or slightly grooved while at the point 70 it is slightly beveled off. m is a catch, which is attached to the face of the section K and extends over the beveled portion k of the section K when the two sections of the wheel are brought together. m is an eccentric, which works in a recess cut in the face of the section K and is operated by means of the crank-handle 122 To the top of the upright N, attached to the rear of the table K, is fastened a spring-arm,

N while to the bottom of the same upright is attached a treadle, N The spring-arm N and treadle N are connected by means of the rod 12.

The operation is as follows: The point of the hoop is held under the catch m, and the crank-handle m so turned as to cause the eccentric m to force up the beveled point k of the section K of the wheel K hard against the end of the hoop. The wheel K is then turned entirely around, the hoop encircling the same, until the catch m passes the point of the spring-arm N when the treadle' N is pressed down by thefoot, and causes the springarm N to press down upon the hoop. The hoop is then tacked on the notched face 70 the notches clinching the tacks. The wheel is then turned a quarter back and the hoop loosened.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

Bench K, wheel K constructed in two sections, as described, eccentric m crank-arm m spring-arm N rod n, and treadle N the whole constructed and arranged to operate substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL F. MAXWELL.

Witnesses:

FRANK SHANNON, W. H. SARGENT. 

